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Missed Estimates 05/01/00 - 05/05/00

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Missed Analyst Estimates by 9% or more (Alphabetical)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
Atchison Casting Corporation  FDY       0.15       0.01      -93.3%
BWAY Corporation              BY        0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Camco Financial               CAFI      0.28       0.25      -10.7%
First Cash Financial          FCFS      0.21       0.17      -19.0%
Fremont General Corp.         FMT       0.17       0.14      -17.6%
Hector Communications         HCT       0.18       0.13      -27.8%
Humana Incorporated           HUM       0.15       0.13      -13.3%
Imco Recycling                IMR       0.33       0.17      -48.5%
International Aircraft        IAIS      0.14       0.12      -14.3%
Kaneb Pipeline Partners       KPP       0.68       0.50      -26.5%
Kendle International          KNDL      0.19       0.14      -26.3%
Magnetek                      MAG       0.21       0.16      -23.8%
Manor Care Inc.               HCR       0.27       0.20      -25.9%
Mercury General               MCY       0.62       0.53      -14.5%
Natrol Incorporated           NTOL      0.15       0.05      -66.7%
Niagara Mohawk Holdings       NMK       0.10       0.08      -20.0%
Octel Corporation             OTL       0.29       0.24      -17.2%
Omega Healthcare Invstr.      OHI       0.64       0.55      -14.1%
Oregon Trail Financial        OTFC      0.18       0.16      -11.1%
Printronix Incorporated       PTNX      0.42       0.36      -14.3%
Providence Energy Corp.       PVY       1.84       1.58      -14.1%
Pulaski Financial Corp.       PULB      0.15       0.13      -13.3%
PXRE Group Limited            PXT       0.40       0.35      -12.5%
SCPIE Holdings Inc.           SKP       0.69       0.47      -31.9%
Seminis                       SMNS      0.41       0.30      -26.8%
Shared Medical System         SMS       0.29       0.10      -65.5%
Talk.com Incorporated         TALK      0.23       0.20      -13.0%
Tesoro Petroleum Corp.        TSO       0.33       0.20      -39.4%
Thermo Instrument Sys.        THI       0.19       0.17      -10.5%
Unigraphics Solutions         UGS       0.31       0.28       -9.7%
Warnaco Group Inc.            WAC       0.40       0.11      -72.5%
Zevex Intl Inc.               ZVXI      0.12       0.09      -25.0%
Missed Analyst Estimates by 9% or more (Descending Percentages)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
Atchison Casting Corporation  FDY       0.15       0.01      -93.3%
Natrol Incorporated           NTOL      0.15       0.05      -66.7%
Shared Medical System         SMS       0.29       0.10      -65.5%
Imco Recycling                IMR       0.33       0.17      -48.5%
Tesoro Petroleum Corp.        TSO       0.33       0.20      -39.4%
SCPIE Holdings Inc.           SKP       0.69       0.47      -31.9%
Hector Communications         HCT       0.18       0.13      -27.8%
Seminis                       SMNS      0.41       0.30      -26.8%
Kaneb Pipeline Partners       KPP       0.68       0.50      -26.5%
Kendle International          KNDL      0.19       0.14      -26.3%
Manor Care Inc.               HCR       0.27       0.20      -25.9%
Zevex Intl Inc.               ZVXI      0.12       0.09      -25.0%
Niagara Mohawk Holdings       NMK       0.10       0.08      -20.0%
First Cash Financial          FCFS      0.21       0.17      -19.0%
Fremont General Corp.         FMT       0.17       0.14      -17.6%
Octel Corporation             OTL       0.29       0.24      -17.2%
Mercury General               MCY       0.62       0.53      -14.5%
International Aircraft        IAIS      0.14       0.12      -14.3%
Printronix Incorporated       PTNX      0.42       0.36      -14.3%
Omega Healthcare Invstr.      OHI       0.64       0.55      -14.1%
Providence Energy Corp.       PVY       1.84       1.58      -14.1%
Pulaski Financial Corp.       PULB      0.15       0.13      -13.3%
Humana Incorporated           HUM       0.15       0.13      -13.3%
Talk.com Incorporated         TALK      0.23       0.20      -13.0%
PXRE Group Limited            PXT       0.40       0.35      -12.5%
Camco Financial               CAFI      0.28       0.25      -10.7%
Thermo Instrument Sys.        THI       0.19       0.17      -10.5%
BWAY Corporation              BY        0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Unigraphics Solutions         UGS       0.31       0.28       -9.7%
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